A/HRC/19/66 Name Charges Sentence Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi Conspiracy and assembly to 5 years disturbing public order Arrest Date Details Aug-10 2nd arrest (November 2009, 40 days detention) Propaganda against the regime Insulting the President Participation in illegal marches Shahin Zeinali Acting against national security 2 years 3 months 12/16/10 Membership in the PanIranist party III. Ethnic minorities’ cases 16 Karim ( Rebin ) Rahmani, human rights defender, was arrested in Kermanshah on November 19, 2006, and charged with “acting against national security”. He reported that he was working on research, which consisted of interviewing addicts and traffickers, and he speculated that he was arrested, because his work concluded that government officials were involved in drug trafficking. Mr. Rahmani reported that he was severely beaten for several hours and detained in the "Meydan-e Naft" detention center for 20 days. He was accused of preparing a report for foreign media, and the international community implicating officials with engaging in drug trafficking. Mr. Rahmani was denied the right to choose his own lawyer, and the right to post bail. He reported that he was psychologically tortured with threats to his family, which promoted him to attempt suicide. He was sentenced to two year in prison. 17. Behzad Kordestani, a Kurdish poet has been arrested twelve times in the past 10 years. He reported in an interview that he has never been presented with an arrest warrant. His last arrest took place in August 2010. Mr. Kordestani stated that after 8 hours of interrogation, he was informed of his “unfounded” charges of (1) “cooperation with political parties and group lets (opposition/armed groups)” (2) propagating falsehoods, (3) acting against national security, and (4) espionage.” He stated that he was held for 79 days and left in solitary confinement for 12 of those days, with no human contact. He stated that he was flogged on the soles of his feet, forced to remove his clothing, beaten with an electric baton, and electrocuted to the point of unconsciousness during interrogations. He further reported that his interrogator “told me that if I did not cooperate „I would kill you like I killed Ebrahim Lotfollahi‟,” (a Kurdistan University student who allegedly died under torture. 18. The verdict releasing Saeed Mughanli, Azerbaijani, poet and journalist from a 6 month sentence was announced on 19 October 2011. The verdict cleared him of the charge of cooperation with the United States when attending a journalism training course in Azerbaijan. Additional charges of acquiring illegal funds by attending the journalism course and “propagating against the regime” were brought against him. He was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. 28